Nursery-chair.



W. P. COSTELLO.

NURSERY CHAIR.

APPLICATION rmu NOV-24.1917- 1,270,702. Patuntvd June 25, 1918.

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Ill 1 mm mfoz WILLIAM P. cosTnLLo, or GREAT FALLS, MONTANA.

NURSERY-CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 25, 1918.

Application filed November 24, 1917. Serial No. 203,709.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM P. COSTELLO, a citizen of the United States,residing at Great Falls, in the county of Cascade and State of Montana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nursery-Chairs, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in nursery chairs and it is theprincipal object of the invention to provide a commode chair for use byinfants, whereby all matter discharged will be received by thereceptacle arranged beneath the same, thus, rendering the devicesanitary and convenient for use.

Among other aims and objects of the invention may be recited, theprovision of a device of the character mentioned with a view tocompactness, and in which the number of parts are few, the constructionsimple, the cost of production small, and efficiency and operation high.

Other objects Will be in part obvious and in part pointed outhereinafter.

The improvements in the details and ar rangement of parts will beapparent from an inspection of the accompanying drawings, in connectionwith the specific description hereinafter contained, and wherein thepreferred embodiment of the invention is dis-closed for the purpose ofimparting a full understanding of the same.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein is shown one of various possibleembodiments of my invention Figure 1 is a vertical section through theimproved device,

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section therethrough, and,

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the same having a part shown in section.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views of the drawings.

Certain features and aims of this invention will be more readilyunderstood if the following facts be borne in mind The proposedimprovement, as hereinbe fore stated, has reference to what is commonlytermed a nursery chair, particularly, a chair used by infants and smallchildren while urinating and exuding from the bowels. The improvementresides in the provision of a nursery chair, which consists of a smallchair, similar to the ordinary chair having a round hole in the seatthereof, under which a receptacle s placed. Due to the relativepositioning of the opening in the seat and the receptacle arrangedtherebeneath, it *frequently occurs that in use, the urine flows aroundthe seat of the chair instead of through the opening therein,as'intended. This is particularly true, when the child using the same isof the male species. In this latter case, the chair is next to uselessfor the reason that the urine invariably flows out onto the floor wherethe chair is placed. With my novelly constructed chair, the aboveoutlined disadvantages are entirely eliminated and are among otheradvantageous features, attained in the constructions of the nature ofthat hereinafter described.

Having more particular reference tothe drawings, 1 represents the chairin its entirety, the seat 2 thereof being provided with an opening 3,the forward portion of which is open as at 4.

Arms 5 are secured to the opposite sides of the chair back and serve forobvious purposes. To one of the arms 5, there is swivelly secured, atable 6 having a depending concaved leg portion 7, which leg portion, isadapted to be received in the portion 4 of the opening 3 when the chairis being used by an infant. In this connection, it is to be noted thatwhen the leg is in a position in the opening 3, the concaved portionthereof will be arranged adjacent the infant and further, that the lowerextremity of the said leg will be arranged directly above or projectedslightly into the receptacle 8 arranged beneath the said opening 3 inthe seat.

It is to be understood, that the table 6 and its depending leg portion 7may be formed of any suitable material, preferably metal which is coatedwith a suitable composition.

When using the improved chair, the table and leg portion 7 are swunginto position adjacent the seat 2, the said leg portion 7 snugly fittinginto the portion 4 of the opening 3 in the manner hereinbefore stated.Thus, when the infant is placed on the chair, its limbs will beseparated by the depending leg 7, which, as stated, extends down to thereceptacle beneath the chair seat. Thus, when the child urinates, theurine which would otherwise be directed out in front and onto the floor,flows up against the concaved surface of the said leg and is therebydirected into the receptacle, with the result,

" 1. ln a chair of the character described,

having opening-formed in the seat there-a he finer-7 pf, atablepivotally mou ted thereon, a de- PQDdiIlg guard carried ,ysaidtable andadapted fcrarrangeinent adjacent the openthe chair, at times.

2; In a chair of the character described, having pening in the seatinherent, e

table plvotally secured to the chair, and a depending cencavedyg'uardcarried by said table and adaptedto be arranged adjacent the opening inthese'at, at time-S.

In teeti niony whereof, I affix my signatnre I hereto.

7 WILL AM 1P. COSTELLO."

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